Word: commitement
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...obvious question which Altman fails to answer concerns the reasons for restoration of the chain gang system: the need for criminals to understand the consequences of the crimes which they freely chose to commit. In a further statement of his blundering genius, Altman condemns the death penalty, which he apparently considers the next logical step beyond the contemporary chain gang. Granted, death penalty recipients--not victims--cannot recount the last painful moments of their wasted lives, but neither can the murdered victims of cruel and unusual crimes confide to loved ones the final painful, tortured moments of their abruptly extinguished...
...chairman of the School of Medicine, outlined a vision of the future: "A tertiary cardiology specialist will be waiting for the phone to ring, but it won't." While it still emphasizes training medical scientists and, in fact, has a new program to attract top-notch students who will commit themselves to research but not practice, UCLA will no longer train students to practice medical "subspecialties," such as cardiology and nephrology. Says Fogelman: "We have told internship applicants during the past two years that UCLA was a great place to be trained as a generalist or a [research] scientist...
...have to withstand cross-examination on every piece of circumstantial evidence, but Stein for one believes he might pull it off because "he has such presence.'' Gordon disagrees: "If he were my client, I'd be standing there with duct tape. I'd be saying, 'If you want to commit suicide, do it on your own nickel...
...team doctor for the Los Angeles Raiders, also said that Simpson's pro football career had so damaged his body he could barely walk. Simpson also has a severe case of rheumatoid arthritis, the doctor said. The testimony serves to bolsterdefense claims that Simpson was physically unable to commit the murdersso quickly and efficiently...
...stunning break for the Simpson prosecution, defense witness Robert Heidstra testified that he saw a car resembling O.J. Simpson's white Bronco speeding away from the crime scene about a half an hour after prosecutors say Simpson drove there to commit the murders. Heidstra earlier was the source of tense words betweendefense attorney Johnnie Cochranand prosecutor Christopher Darden after Darden asked him if one of the voices he had heard outside Nicole Simpson's house the night of the murders could have come from a black man. Cochran exploded, calling the question "racist" and demanding that it be struck from...